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lWILSON W. OAREY AND GEORGE W. HARRIS, OE LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 99,156, dated January 25, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN HANG-ERS FOR SHAFTING.

The Schedule referred to in' these Letters Patent and making part. of the sarna.

To all whom tt fina/y concern.:

Be it known that we, WILSON W. CAREY and GEORGE W. HARRIS, both of Lowell in the county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have vinvented newand useful Improvements in Hangers and Journal-Boxes; and we do hereby declare that the foli lowing is 'a full and exact'descriptionv thereof', referrevolve in the receptacle, supplying and keeping the same properly lubricated, thus providing and securing a lighter, convenient, durable, and cheaper hanger and box, and one easily kept in repair.

lo enableothers skilled in the art to make and use our invent-ion, we will ,proceed to describe its construction and operation;

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of our improved hanger and journal-box, with-parts sectioned, showing the operation of the same. b Figure 2 represents Aa side elevation of the journal- Figure 3 represents a side elevation of the segmentring, with its buckets.

Figure 4 represents a plan of the same.

Figure 5 represents a -longitudinal section of the journallbox and ring.

Figure 6 represents a vertical section of the saine. Similar letters in the different igures indicate corresponding lparts.

In construction, we form the body a of our improved hanger as those no w incommon use.

At its bottom we form a socket, b, which we line with Babbitt, b', or any equivalent soft metal, for the reception of the adjustable stem c, with its socket d.

Through the bottom ofv the socket b, the screw e is passed, with its proper check-nut f, and connects with thestem c, the object of this screw e being to adjust the stem c, When desired, and held in its required position by the check-nut f.

The box g We form ot' the given length and diameter.

On its outside, and in its centre, We'forrn a ball; joint, y, to correspond with the socket d of the stem c, and projections h h, running its entire length and around its ends.

To the cap i, We connect suitable tallow'cups j j,

their Object being to indicate to the user, when empty, that the bearing requires to be lubricated.

On the box g, We connect the drips k k, which are secured to the same by screws. f

l is theoil-receptacle, which is formed iu the centre of the box a and cap i, inside of which the segmentring fm., with its buckets n n, revolves. l

, At each end of the box g and cap t' are the recesses 0 o, which connect with the oil-receptacle] by the channels p p 1).'.

These recesses o o prevent the oil from escaping from the box g in large quantities, and the channels p p p convey the same back to thev receptacle l, where it isready to be usedagain.

q is the oiling-device". l

g is the guide, which keeps the cap t in its required position.

c is the saddle, which, by aid of the screw fv and nut s, keep the cap t' and box y together, the, head of the screw c sliding loosely in the socket .t.

The advantages of this new combination and arrangement of devices are, that we have a hanger and journal-box 'that will adapt itself to the trneness of the shaft. If not true, by aid of thc ball-and-socket joints g' and (l, it will yield to the demands of the same. And,furthcr, if the hanger is not properly placed and secured, as is often the case, bringing'the bearings of the box g too high, low, or a little more one side than the other, by aid of the ball-and-socket joint g and d, and the adjustable stem c, this difficulty is remedied.

Oftentimes,in putting up a line of shafting, much inconvenience is experienced in having the rings Whole, as, in case they are forgotten, the shafting has to be taken down, and the rings placed on; but with our device these rings m can be and are put on the shafting, when placed in position, by their being made in segments. And again, by aid of the projections h h,

We are enabled to furnish a much lighter box, and thechannels p pp, arranged; in these projections hlt, so as to decline from the ends of the vbox g, toward the receptacle l, convey the surplus oil back to the same, Where it is used again, instead of running out .at the ends, into the drips k k.

' In many cases, hangers and boxesare so placed, that Oiling the bearing from the top is almost an impossibility; bnt by aid of the oiling-device q this difliculty is done away with. By aid of the guide q, the box g and cap t' is kept in position.

Thus it will be seen, that we are enabled', by its compactness, symmetry of form, and the arrangement of these several devices, to produce a hanger and journal-box that will combine utility, durability, and novelty. l

We do not claim the ball-and-socket joint, nor any of the devices separately, which are old and in common use; but

Vliet We do claim as our invention; and desire to vsecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The guide q,oi1ing.devce q, and projections h h, in combination with the ball-and-socket joint g and d, when arranged to operate as described and set forth..

2. The adjustable stem c, with its socket 11,1ined with Babbitt or its equivalent soft metal,"whex1 arranged to operate in reference with the bali-and-socket joint d and g', substantially as described and set forth.v

Witnesses GEO. E. PEVEY, J. A.` PEVEY.

WILSON W. CAREY. GEO. W. HARRIS. 

